Volkswagen sold fewer vehicles in October, but still more than anybody else in Europe.
The VW statistics:
Seat car sales declined 11.2%
Skoda car sales declined 2.9%
Volkswagen lost 0.8%
Audi cars sales grew with 3.5%
Porsche sales grew with 13.3%
The German automaker's sales volume dropped with 0.8% in October and now makes up 25.2% of all cars sold on the continent. Before the scandal broke, that figure stood at 26.1 per cent.
Across all brands, 1.14 million vehicles were sold in Europe in October. That's an increase of 2.7% from September's level.
German luxury carmakers BMW and Daimler posted double-digit increases, up 13% and 21% respectively. Daimler got a big boost from its Smart cars, which sales rose more than 200% to more than 8,800 units.
Fiat Chrysler saw an 8% lift in sales, led by the Fiat Panda and the 500 compact car along with the Jeep brand.
Smaller French rivals PSA Peugeot Citroen saw sales fall 0.9 per cent, while Renault sank 0.7 per cent.
